Also known as Williamstown

Where: Martin County, North Carolina (35.9° N, 77.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 76.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yorktown Formation (Chesapeake Group), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: S. L. Mitchill. 1818. Observations on the geology of North America. In G. Cuvier (ed.), Essay on the Theory of the Earth 319-424 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61922: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.07.2006

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